Why 144p on youtube

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help. Until yesterday, I was able to watch videos on Youtube without problem. Today, only the lowest quality p is available. What happened from yesterday to today?

Even at the data saver mode, YouTube chooses higher video quality than p. If you are also facing this issue, then this tutorial is for you. In this guide, we will discuss how you can set p in new YouTube video quality settings. There are basically four new video quality options that are added in the YouTube mobile app. Now you will see these options instead of the old settings where you are allowed to set the video quality manually. Below we have mentioned and explained all these 4 options —.

Speaking frankly, there is no way you can remove new video quality options from the YouTube app on your phone. This is because YouTube has added this feature in the in-app update remotely i. So even if you try deleting the current version of the YouTube and install some older version, this new video quality settings will still remain there. It also helped confirm continuity between platforms. There were some troubles.

The computer I used had no problem playing the 8k video. Until we do further testing, our 8k numbers are estimates. These measurements are far from cut and dry. That is why our graph has ranges rather than exact numbers.

Another fun little observation is how YouTube loads data. It loads data in chunks rather than a continuous stream of data. In lower quality video, these chunks are easily identifiable because YouTube loads larger portions of the video all at once.

For instance, in the p test YouTube loaded almost the entire video in about six very clean chunks shown above. Meanwhile, the 4k video loaded in chunks so small that it looks like a continuous data stream. The 4k video also did not buffer as far into the video as the p did during our testing. We did not correct our data for this behavior. The reason is because YouTube does this whether you want it to or not. Data Saver is the opposite of Higher Picture Quality and prefers minimal data use over quality.

This option will force the app to play in a lower resolution so you use up as little data as possible. The option is ideal for when you have a metered connection and do not want to blow up those numbers on a high-res video. The advanced menu is where users will find the resolution numbers now. Here, users will manually be able to set the quality of the video from p to p or higher if the video supports it.

Well, at least not directly. The app requires you to first head over to Settings and jump in the Video Quality Preferences menu. Here you can set a default setting for all videos you watch.